Example sentences of "they [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | They saw him at the same time as he realised he had n't understood what the man had said . |
| 32 | When Stephen was in hospital they kept us on the same house with all the mothers and babies , even though I had asked to be off it . |
| 33 | And that , I I was , my hus , during the time mother was ill , my husband took ill , now this is where authorities do n't give you any back up , instead of sending him to hospital which was fifteen minutes by bus , I could have visited him every day they sent him to the other side of the county which only allowed a visit once a week , and meant I had to leave at twelve o'clock and get home at six ! |
| 34 | They viewed me with the same puzzled look as I later saw on the faces of nomads miles from civilization . |
| 35 | The surprise here is that they did it with the best , very purest intentions , poor lambs . |
| 36 | Can there be anything more telling about the deviousness of these people than his account of how they actually put on television and interviewed a man who was said to have died while in a prison cell , and that , moreover , they did it with the sole motive of demonstrating that he was alive and in good health . |
| 37 | As when they wheeled you through the swinging door . |
| 38 | They reminded him of the ignominious episode of the oath-taking , and pointed out that Rodrigo now had a personal ‘ army ’ almost as large as the King 's . |
| 39 | They reminded her of the cardboard kaleidoscope she had as a child , packed with coloured fragments , which she looked into for hours , turning and watching , turning and watching . |
| 40 | She kept clear of everybody in the house in case they reminded her of the ill person her uncle had become . |
| 41 | The Barons in England were furious at John and they presented him with the Great Charter — Magna Carta — prepared by Archbishop Langston , to which John authorised the attachment of his seal at Runnymede , beside the River Thames , in June 1215 . |
| 42 | They bound the restaurant owner , who moaned feebly and thrashed about a bit ; then with Lambert 's aid they hoisted him to the high seat . |
| 43 | Well , without getting too technical about it , I think you ought to have a comma after one because in the erm , y you know , the erm , blurb they gave you on the left hand side , that would apply what you 've learnt on the left hand side . |
| 44 | They remembered me from the previous year too . |
| 45 | They remembered me from the old days . ’ |
| 46 | ‘ And they supported you in the same way ? ’ she asked gently . |
| 47 | They won it for the outstanding service that they had given two clients , Comfort Cooling and PSA . |
| 48 | Last season they won it for the second year in succession with some ease , and without their players being seriously extended . |
| 49 | Yeah they had them in the little packs , okay ? |
| 50 | They had me in the holding cells at headquarters . |
| 51 | It was a thin day , and they ran it on the four o'clock news . |
| 52 | Yeah , and then from that they 've now got these fucking things that show the direction , the sign , the speed and oh its incredible sonar 's been going longer than radar , but only just we were the world leader 's now , I mean we cos we , cos we preserve fuel , we knew exactly , they left it for the last minute to get up there and intercept them . |
| 53 | In the replay they left it to the 90th and won in extra-time . |
| 54 | In the replay they left it to the 90th and won in extra-time . |
| 55 | I ca n't understand why they left it till the last moment ? |
| 56 | They carried it in the late-morning edition . |
| 57 | They found you in the snow and they carried you to the nearest shelter . |
| 58 | ‘ They thanked me very much and said how pleased they were to be so well looked after , then they kicked us in the appropriate part of the anatomy . ’ |
| 59 | They held them in the first half of the game and were only 12-10 down after 10 ends . |
| 60 | they wanted me for the whole day of Friday but I said I 'm sorry I can only do you half day if you 're interested , they were , they were desperate . |